Episode 10: A Kind of Republican

The Supreme Court heard arguments in March 2014 about whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 allows a for-profit corporation to deny its employees the health coverage of contraceptives to which the employees are otherwise entitled by federal law, based on the religious objections of the corporation's owners.

Jim Kolbe, a Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1985-2003, is a political outlier. He is pro-choice, he supports same-sex marriage, and he’s against any kind of institutional discrimination. Even more interesting? You probably haven’t heard of him.